clean

Name: clean, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[kliːn]

/[kliːn]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“clean” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,057. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,057
frequency rank, German: 1,273
“C” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht mehr von Drogen abhängig

Corpus desk

Index DE-clean · clean · German

clean · rank #15,057 · 7 variants · 7 confusables

FREQ-MID #15,057
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-MID 1,273
PHOTO-FINISH Bundesebene

Nearest frequency peer: Bundesebene (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

bu

84,947
Buchhaltung

84,946
Bundesebene

84,945
clean

84,944
core

84,942
Curry

84,941

What this shows „clean“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

clean vs Clown

40% similar

clean vs clear

80% similar

clean vs can

60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for clean
Property	Value
Headword	clean
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[kliːn]
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#15,057
Misspellings tracked	7
Confusable pairs	7
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „clean“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.cleanliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#15,057

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Bundesebene“ (#15,056), „Buchhaltung“ (#15,055), „core“ (#15,059). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „clean“ bei #15,057. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around clean (IPA [kliːn]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #15,057 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "nicht mehr von Drogen abhängig".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for clean, with forms such as "cclean", "celan", and "claen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Clown", "clear", "can", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is clean, spelled C-L-E-A-N.

Definition

1
nicht mehr von Drogen abhängig

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how clean appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Mein Bruder ist jetzt seit drei Jahren clean.
„Der Mediziner betreibt eine Entgiftungsstation in seiner Klinik, durch die er jährlich 400 Süchtige schleust. Doch sobald die Junkies clean sind, glaubt er, seine Mission erfüllt zu haben. Über ihr weiteres Schicksal kann er nichts berichten.“

Antonyms

drogenabhängig drogensüchtig

This word in other languages

clean(English)clean(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

cclean
celan
claen
cleann
clena
cllean
lcean

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of clean - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "clean"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "clean"?

"clean" is spelled C-L-E-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kliːn].

What does "clean" mean?

As an adjective, "clean" means: nicht mehr von Drogen abhängig

What words are commonly confused with "clean"?

"clean" is commonly confused with "Clown", "clear", "can". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "clean"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clean" is [kliːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "clean" come from?

"clean" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "clean", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Curry#15,060 Duden#15,067 Düren#15,069 Enten#15,072

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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